Bicycle-handle



G. W. RUGG. BICYCLE HANDLE.

(No Model.)

No. 579,774. Patented Mar. 30, 1897.

NITE@ STATES 4GEORGE W. RUGG, OF NEVARK, OHIO.

BICYCLE- HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,774, dated March30, 1897.

Application filed July 14:, 1896.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE IV. RUGG, a

l citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county ofLicking and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Bicycle-Ilandle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the handles or grips of bicycles and similarvehicles; and the object in view is to provide a soft, agreeable, andyielding hand-grip which is practically unbreakable and which will admitof the outer layer or covering being removed when worn or injured andreplaced by a new covering.

To this end the invention consists in a handle or grip embodying certainnovel features and details of construction, as hereinafter particularlyset forth, shown in the drawings, and incorporated in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of theimproved grip shown mounted on the end of a handle-bar. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview of the grip, showing the end ferrules removed. Fig. I is a detailview of the inner tube.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in theseveral iigures of the drawings.

The improved handle or grip constituting the subj ect-matter of thisinvention comprises an inner tube l,which acts in the capacity of aformer upon which the main body of the grip is constructed. This tube orformer is open at both ends to receive the end ferrules hereinafterreferred to. Upon and around this former is placed a suitable cushion orpacking of some soft yielding material, such as cotton, wool, or otherbrous flexible material, (indicated at 2.) This vcushion or packing ispreferably made of the greatest thickness at the center of the grip andtapers gradually therefrom in each direction toward the opposite ends ofthe tube l. This packing or cushion is incased in a suitable covering 3of kid, buckskin, or other suitable soft material which will beagreeable to the hand, the ends of the covering being tuckedinto theopposite ends of the tube l, as clearly shown in the drawings. After thecovering 3 is in place a hollowT or tubular plug 4 is in- Serial No.599,118. (No model.)

serted in the outer end of the tube l, the outer end of said plug beingclosed by a conoidal head 5, forming the butt-end of the grip. A secondtubular plug 6 is inserted in the inner end of the tube l and has at itsinner end a conoidal enlargement 8, giving to the inner end of the gripan appearance corresponding with the outer end. The inner plug 6 is leftopen to receive the end of the handle-bar 9, which may be inserted inthe grip and held or fastened in any convenient manner.

By means of the construction above described it will be seen' that asoftLpliable, and agreeable handle or grip is obtained which will absorbthe perspiration from the hands. By removing the end plugs or ferrulesthe outer covering 3 may be removed when worn or injured and replaced ina short space of time by anew covering. It will be apparent that anysuitable material maybe substituted for the cushion or packing describedand that other changes in the form, proportion, and minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrific-ing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new isl. A handleor grip, comprising an inner tubular former, a cushion or packingsurrounding the same, an outer covering of flexible material surroundingand inclosing said cushion and having its ends tucked in the open endsof the former, and end plugs removably inserted in the ends of theformer, substantially as described.

2. A handle or grip, comprising an inner tubular former, a cushion orpacking surrounding the same, an outer covering extendi ing around andinclosing said cushion and having its ends tucked into the open ends ofthe former, and the end plugs or ferrules inserted in theopen ends ofthe former and provided Wiih the conoidal heads, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. RUGG.

Witnesses:

A. A. STASEL, O. W. MILLER.

